Bridgeton pioneer., 1887-04-07
VINELAND TRAGEDY.
A Young Lady's Unsuccessful
Attempt to Commit
Suicide.

Inc W0Ole town OF NlnelanQ is SCil
talking of but little beside the shooting
of Miss Marie Blanchard by herself.
The mother of the girl, and her brother
G.. Il. Blanchard arrived from New
York, on Saturday, crazed with grief.
Local physicians are at the bedside OF
the unfortunate girl at all times, and
it is not thought that she can possibly
live.
Many stories are going the rounds
among the excited citizens of the town,
some OF them SO wild as to be beyond
| the slightest credence. DIR. Adams,
one of the attending physicians, said
| in reference to the sad affair: Miss
Blanchard is young and Eighty. From
the things she told us don't think she
intended to kill herself, but just shot
to frighten the family. She shot out
of the window just to see if the pistol
would fire."
The story rapidly gaining foothold
in the minds of the public as to the
affair is that the young lady inflicted
the wounds upon herself Intentionally.
DIR. Adams, another of her physicians
is quoted in the following language: Il
was called in on Thursday to see the
girl, and noticed when she came into
/ the room where / was sitting her eyes
were staring and she acknowledgement
out without speaking" The next day
| he was called into the house after the
shooting, and thus speaks: when l
reached her bedside, after the shoot
ing she said Doctor, can you save me?''
''Ill do the best can," l replied She
told me she did it purposely and said
in rambling way "Some trouble at
! home.n I think she must have re-
ceived the attentions of young man
against the family's wishes, that she
came to visit her uncle and brooded
over her trouble until it upset hel
mind.n This is the story the people
believe as they think it improbable
that she would have arisen and toyed
with such a dangerous weapon, merely
for pleasure. Still, her first words to
| her uncle, Mr.. Berault, was accident
and again, when supposed to be dying
and with the cross to her lips, the girl
! said accidental" Mr.. Berault, who
is very much troubled, thus expressed
himself: 'sThis is awful. Marie had nc
reason to shoot herself. She must
have been practicfng with the revolver
and have pressed it against her side to
cock it. 1t is an accident. | know ii
is an accident"
DIR. Weir, of New York, came down
on Saturday, and after careful looking
into the wonderful operation perform
ed by the other physicians, declared
ed that nothing else could be done and
left for his home. All Vineland is anx
iously awaiting the result which is
greatly feared will be fatal
Miss Blanchard received brilliant
education in convent at Manhattan
and speaks several languages and has
upon more than one occasion visited
Paris. Her step-father, John F. Coyle
is an editor on the New York StnT.
Prosecuting Attorney Hoagland, o
this city, commenced an official eXami
nation into the case, and from th'
statements of members of the family
and the physicians he ascertained tha
Miss Blanchard told them that sh'
only intended to infiict slight wound
upon herself, in order to awaken thu
sympathy of her parents, and thu
bring about reconciliation. She alst
said that she fired the first shot out o
the window, in order to test the pistol